AutoCAD Plant 3D

Hi we’ve just released an update for our P3d Datalink plugin. The plugin is being renamed Fasttrack Navisworks and has had a couple features added. Here’s the product page: http://www.pdoteam.com/store/fasttrack-navisworks/ where you can download a trial, purchase, or view help videos. In summary for 1.26, you can pick a part in a model without having […]

One of the nice features of the report creator is being able to use expressions. In this post, I’ll show you how to force your descriptions to uppercase letters. Open up the report you want to modify in the the report designer, navigate to the fields list, right-click and choose add Expression. I created an […]

The Fasttrack Navisworks plugin provides the ability to embed custom project data and hyperlinks into the Navisworks model. Initially this plugin was called Datalinks in the Autodesk app store. Now it’s being released for free and we are adding new features that will tie into our FastTrack Plant product. Trial Purchase https://apps.autodesk.com/NAVIS/en/Detail/Index?id=1735878922346646719&appLang=en&os=Win32_64 Posts Videos […]

Today a client asked how to have a secondary gasket automatically inserted when a specific flange is placed. After experimentation, I found some joint settings that work. The overall process goes like this: Modify your catalog components to use a Gasket Standard Add the items to your spec Modify your simple flange joint connection to […]

In some situations, users may run into issues when the coordinates for their facility are too far from the origin for AutoCAD to correctly process the model. Background Information Please see these articles for more details about the types of issues that may arise: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-plant-3d/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Using-AutoCAD-Plant-3D-in-a-state-plane-coordinate-project-environment.html https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-plant-3d/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Different-issues-with-high-coordinates-in-AutoCAD-Plant-3D.html https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-plant-3d/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Checklist-of-tips-on-orthographics-in-AutoCAD-Plant-3D.html Here are some links showing how Microstation handles […]

Posting this for the record. One of the first steps in fixing errors is to clear the data cache. Because Plant 3d can be run on a network, it uses a data cache to store a read-only of a copy of the data so that viewing information can happen more quickly. To clear the cache, […]

One of the organization hurdles that can be overcome by utilizing Vault is deploying custom catalog content. While putting content on the network is a valid option, deploying it through Vault is actually a better scenario as you get better control and certain aspects perform better. This article will cover the following steps: How […]

Every now and then, you discover something that would have been handy to know years ago. In Plant 3D 2016 extension, configuration options were added to the connection settings so that you can control requirements on fasteners. So now, for bolts, we can remove the facing property since that really shouldn’t affect them. That lets […]

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Getting StartedI was asked a couple days what someone should read to get up to speed with some of the more advanced topics for configuring Plant 3D. Resources Watch the Getting Started videos here: http://docs.autodesk.com/PLNT3D/2015/ENU/plant/pip//ap3d_movielist.htm Read through the workflows here: http://help.autodesk.com/view/PLNT3D/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-DF3EDA04-9C16-4FE9-8346-75C5311A7D22 The most comprehensive reference […]

We have had a request to create a report that shows the total number of bolts instead of the number of bolt sets. Since the number of bolts is stored in the catalog, we can include it in our report. To do so, you’ll have to modify the Quantity expression in your report template. Right-click and […]